The Tennessee Titans have traded the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to the Los Angeles Rams in a mammoth deal that involves eight other draft choices.

The Titans swapped three 2016 draft choices - the first, 113th and 177th overall selections - for the Rams' 2016 first-round choice, which is the 15th overall, along with the 43rd, 45th and 76th picks this year and Los Angeles' first- and third-round picks in next year's draft.

The Rams are thought to be targeting a quarterback with the No. 1 pick, with North Dakota State's Carson Wentz and California's Jared Goff as the frontrunners. The trade allowed Los Angeles to jump the Cleveland Browns, who are considered a candidate to take a quarterback with the No. 2 draft choice.

The Titans now hold six of the top 76 selections in the 2016 NFL Draft. Tennessee already had the 33rd and 64th selections this year.

"Being able to acquire six players in the top 76 this year, along with next year when you factor that into it -- I am assuming five in the top three rounds -- that is 11 players that we can add to this football team that should not only increase our depth, but give us good quality players at all those positions,'' Tennessee general manager Jon Robinson said.

"In the end we thought it was a decision that was best for this football team. It made sense for us to do it, and that's why we moved on it. We talked to several teams about the pick. There was interest in the pick, and in the end we thought this was the option that made the most sense for us. ... We think we can really bolster this roster with the picks that we now have."

The 2016 NFL Draft will be held Aug. 28-30 in Chicago.

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